Trademark Claims Mostly Survive Over Police Violence Map Website

March 21, 2024, 8:43 PM UTC

The creator of the online Mapping Police Violence project may proceed with the bulk of his copyright and cyberpiracy claims against the social justice organization Campaign Zero based on allegations the group copied his work after he split with them, the Southern District of New York ruled.

We the Protesters Inc. doing business as Campaign Zero, filed the underlying lawsuit against Samuel Sinyangwe and Mapping Police Violence on Nov. 9, 2022, seeking to “recover, and confirm its ownership of, several internet domain names—PoliceViolenceReport.org, PoliceScorecard.org, StayWoke.org, and StayWoke.com—which Plaintiffs registered, funded and developed in order to support their criminal justice reform ...

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